Recipe - Chicken W Tomatoesonionsmushrooms(Pollo Alla Marengo) Jb

1 Chicken, (3 3/4pound) cut
into 10 pieces
One fourth cup All purpose flour
2 tablespoon (One fourth stick) butter
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 pound Mushrooms, trimmed
2 cup Chopped seeded tomatoes
1 One half cup Dry white wine
1 Container (10oz) pearl
onions, blanched 1 minute,
peeled
Chopped fresh Italian
parsley

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge in flour; shake off excess.
Melt butter with oil in heavy large pot over mediumhigh heat. Working in
batches, add chicken to pot; cook until golden on all sides, about 6
minutes total. Transfer to bowl. Add mushrooms to pot; saut‚ until golden,
about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, wine and onions. Return chicken and any
accumulated juices to pot. Reduce heat to medium. Cover and simmer 20
minutes.

Uncover pot and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes
longer. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to serving bowl. Sprinkle
with parsley.

On June 14, 1800, Napol‚on Bonaparte defeated the Austrians at Marengo, a
village in southeast Piedmont. The town has given its name to this chicken
dish, which was cooked on the battlefield by Dunand, chef to Napol‚on. It
is still served throughout the areaas well as in Franceand is often made
with veal. Serve with lots of bread to soak up the juices; uncork a velvety
red Barbaresco.

Lorenza De' Medici, Bon App‚tit, May 1997
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #305 by Julie Bertholf
jewel1@ix.netcom.com on Nov 24, 1997